We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, June 10, 2011

NY Times Bombshell: “The latest scientific research suggests” climate change is “helping to destabilize the food system”

Click here to access article by Joe Romm from Climate Progress. 

Romm comments on the NY Times article about how climate change is impacting the food supply. 
Okay, the fact that climate change is helping to destabilize the food system and cause major price spikes is not a ‘bombshell’ to Climate Progress readers.  We’ve been writing about this for a long time....
Eventually the news gatekeepers of the New World Order have to recognize reality. But to prevent people from becoming alarmed about the situation, the NY Times article ends on a positive note.
“We’ve doubled the world’s food production several times before in history, and now we have to do it one more time,” said Jonathan A. Foley, a researcher at the University of Minnesota. “The last doubling is the hardest. It is possible, but it’s not going to be easy.”
When the more respectable news gatekeepers don't succeed in shutting the mouths of those raising alarms about climate change evidence, the right-wing media circus directs its audience toward bolder actions such as death threats. Read "Climate scientists the target in culture war" for more information on this disturbing trend.
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